Funeral services for Mr. J. Lloyd Woods, age 91 of Tenaha, Texas, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at First Baptist Church of Tenaha with Brother Jay Orr, Brother Russ Atwood, and Brother James R. Edwards officiating. Interment will follow in Restland Cemetery near Tenaha under the direction of Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday evening at the funeral home. Mr. Woods passed away on Sunday morning, February 17, 2008 in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Java Lloyd Woods was born on October 2, 1916 in the Brooks Community of Panola County, Texas to Thomas Monnie and Edna Bessie Brown Woods. Mr. Woods graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1934 and later earned his bachelor's degree from Stephen F. Austin State University. He married Anna Mildred Baldwin on February 27, 1942 in Tenaha. In his early years, Mr. Woods worked as a teacher, coach, and principal. He also worked as a superintendent in the Elysian Fields and Hemphill School Districts. He owned operated a feed store in Tenaha for many years. Mr. Woods worked the majority of his career as a real estate broker in the East Texas area for over 50 years. He had lived most of his life in Tenaha. Mr. Woods was a faithful member and deacon of the First Baptist Church of Tenaha where he also taught Sunday school. Mr. Woods was presented with a humanitarian honorary doctorate degree from East Texas Baptist University where he served as a lifetime trustee. He also served on the Administrative Board of the Texas Baptist Foundation. Mr. Woods was preceded in death by his parents, an infant son in 1942; an infant daughter in 1945; and his wife, Mildred Baldwin Woods who passed away on May 7, 2007.

Mr. Woods is survived by a special great-great nephew, Michael B. Vana of Carthage; one brother, John Tom Woods and wife Mary of Pasadena; three sisters, Monnie Bess Woods Jones of Tyler, Nell Woods Hancock of Longview, and Patsy Ruth Woods Byerley and husband Paul of Beaumont; two sisters-in-law, Rita Woods of Carthage and Dorothy Woods of Belton; and special friends, John and Erma Scull of Tenaha. Numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and a host of friends also survive Mr. Woods.

Serving as pallbearers are Drue Scull, Terry Scull, Greg Starr, Jim Edwards, David Edwards, and Bill Edwards. Serving as honorary pallbearers are the Deacons of First Baptist Church of Tenaha, the Trustees and Administrators of East Texas Baptist University, W.A. Parker, and Tom Crawford.

If desired, memorials may be made to Special Missions at First Baptist Church of Tenaha, 200 South George Bowers Drive, Tenaha, Texas 75974 or East Texas Baptist University, 1209 North Grove Street, Marshall, Texas 75670.

A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.